page_title: 1960 Summer Olympics
section_title: Venues
hierarchical_section_title: 1960 Summer Olympics / Venues
caption_attribution_description: Opening day at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
context_page_description: The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from August 25 to September 11, 1960, in Rome, Italy. The city of Rome had previously been awarded the administration of the 1908 Summer Olympics, but following the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 1906, Rome had no choice but to decline and pass the honour to London. The Soviet Union won the most gold and overall medals.
context_section_description: Olympic Stadium² (Stadio Olimpico) - opening/closing ceremonies, athletics, equestrian events
  Flaminio Stadium¹ (Stadio Flaminio) - football finals
  Swimming Stadium¹ - swimming, diving, water polo, modern pentathlon (swimming)
  Sports Palace¹ (Palazzo dello sport) - basketball, boxing
  Olympic Velodrome¹ - cycling (track), field hockey
  Small Sports Palace¹ (Palazzetto dello Sport) - basketball, weightlifting
  Marble Stadium² (Stadio dei Marmi) - field hockey preliminaries
  Baths of Caracalla - gymnastics
  Basilica of Maxentius - wrestling
  Palazzo dei Congressi - fencing
  Umberto I Shooting Range¹ - modern pentathlon (shooting), shooting (pistol/ rifle)
  Roses Swimming Pool¹ (Piscina delle Rose) - water polo
  Lake Albano, Castelgandolfo - rowing, canoeing
  Piazza di Siena, Villa Borghese gardens - equestrian (dressage, eventing - jumping, jumping - individual)
  Pratoni del Vivaro, Rocca di Papa - equestrian (eventing)
  Gulf of Naples, Naples - yachting
  Communal Stadium, Florence - football/soccer preliminaries
  Communal Stadium, Grosseto - football/soccer preliminaries
  Communal Stadium, L'Aquila - football/soccer preliminaries
  Ardenza Stadium, Livorno - football/soccer preliminaries
  Adriatico Stadium, Pescara - football/soccer preliminaries
  Saint Paul's Stadium, Naples - football/soccer preliminaries
  Campo Tre Fontane - field hockey preliminaries
  Acqua Santa Golf Club Course - modern pentathlon (running)
  Arch of Constantine - athletics (marathon finish)
  Cesano Infantry School Range - shooting (300 m free rifle)
  Lazio Pigeon Shooting Stand - shooting (trap shotgun)
  Passo Corese - modern pentathlon (riding)
  Grande Raccordo Anulare - athletics (marathon)
  Via Appian Antica - athletics (marathon)
  Via Cassia - cycling (individual road race)
  Via Flaminia - cycling (individual road race)
  Via Cristoforo Colombo - athletics (marathon), cycling (road team time trial)
  Via di Grottarossa - cycling (individual road race)
  ¹ New facilities constructed in preparation for the Olympic Games. ² Existing facilities modified or refurbished in preparation for the Olympic Games.
caption: Opening Ceremony in 1960 Summer Olympics in Stadio Olimpico in Rome, Italy
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